James M. reviewed The problem with "and" books. on 2/6/2009 + 101 more book reviews

Notice the LARGE TYPE and top placement of "John Ringo" over the small type real author "Travis S. Taylor" name on the cover. This is a real insult to both the reader and the real author. I'm into guts-in-the-teeth, 50 cal. Barretts, and take-no-prisoners military sci/fi. This is exactly what you get from Ringo, Drake, and a host of others. (I'm an Airdale Korean War Vet and worked as a senior lab tech in a cutting edge Aerospace facility.) About fifty pages into this well written and thoughtful book I realized I had been snookered- no mayhem! (GASP!)
What this book is, (Shades of Saberhagen.), is a clever, slowly unfolding, ultimate disaster scenario- that appears unavoidable. Taylor obviously knows how the military and scientific communities operate, and how the government goes about obtaining weapon systems. (Believe me, he is really good. I've been there too.) Not my bag anymore, and the book's a couple of hundred pages too long in my not so humble opinon. It IS well written and moves right along. Just don't expect to find much Ringo until the final clash.

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